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. 2010 Jun 22;119(Pt 7):273–282. doi: 10.1042/CS20100084

Figure 4. Hypoxia induces myocardin/SFR binding (A) and myocardin transcriptional activity (B and C) in cardiomyocytes.

Figure 4

(A) Increased binding between myocardin and SRF under 2.5% O2 as determined using an EMSA. The binding between myocardin and SRF was suppressed by PD98059 and losartan. (B) Wild-type and myocardin mutant used for the luciferase assay. (C) Hypoxia (2.5% O2) increased the transcriptional activity of myocardin when compared with the myocardin mutant (Mut) as determined using a luciferase reporter assay. The transcriptional activity was suppressed by PD98059 and losartan. Addition of exogenous AngII (10 nmol/l) increased the transcriptional activity in neonatal cardiomyocyte similar to that of 2.5% O2. *P<0.01 compared with normoxia control; #P<0.01 compared with 6 h (n=3).